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H, T. KINGSBURY.

TROWEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I9I 5 1,321,55, Patented N 0v. 4,1919.

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Be it known that .I, HARRY T. KmesBUnY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Keene, 'inthe county of Cheshire, State of certain new New Hampshire, have, invented f and useful Improvements in Trowels,

which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures of reference marked thereon. I -My' invention trowel, the object of the invention being to provide a simple,

cheap and efi'e'ctive tool made. out of -a single blank, having a closed shaped handle 'formed so as to give a secure 7 I grip for .the' ha'nd-of the user which shall be rounded? at the end to avoid any sharp edges which would injure the hand of the user in forcingit into the. ground The invention therefore ponsists in the matters hereinafter described" and referred a, in the ap ended e t" i The invention isillustratedi" the-accord- I pay drawings inane: v I Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa trowel constructed from which me n is maida; The blade hich thetrowel is made e Hi Fig-9 4 is at Yawn- Fig. 5 is a' planvi'ew of filnthese drawi speoiflcaticn of-Letters fat enti Application ma amen-2, 915.- sea in. 11,550.

relates to improvements in trowels and more particularly to 'a'garden I A ti 'owel having in acco dance with 1 my} 'inven-- l representsthe r blank forming the handle is curved inwardly 40 as at'5 to form the bellied portion 6 of the handle. The blank is closed on itself to' form the shaped closedlhollow handle 7.

The outer end of the blank portion 4 is kerfed as at Sand when the handle is formed by closing the blank upon itself these kerfs' are bent inwardly to form the roundedendfQ of the handle so as not to leave a sharp edge to hurt the hand of the user in digging into the ground. The portion L is also perforated as shown at 10'. While I have shown the invention as applied to a garden trowel it will be understood that P it is applicable toother tools.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new andjdesire secure-by Letters Patent is:-+ 1 "a blade and handle formed-from one integral piece ofmetal, the

,. blade being bent into concave form and having a raised V-haped portion with a handle extending therefrom in tubular form, with the side edges of themetal forming the same abutting and with its outer endrounded and having wedge-shaped extensions, said '65 extensions, being bent inwardly to give a hemispherical form to the end of the handle. .Intestimony whereof, I afiix my signature,

' in the presence of two. witnesses.

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